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Rockland, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It stands on Diamond Creek. The Survey maps it on the High Plateau Mountain quadrangle. It stands 912 feet above sea level.

Rockland within Del Norte County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rockland, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Rockland, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Rockland between 1994 and 2020, burning about 499,988 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestROWDY 2
16 September 1998Smokingunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSOURDOUGH
14 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSOURDOUGH
12 September 2017Natural9.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestHOLE
9 August 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestNORTH FORK 2
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresSix Rivers National ForestFORK
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSLATE
23 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestROWDY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Rockland: 51 occurrences, 25 past producers, 9 unknowns, 7 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Mercury, Copper, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bears NestCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Blue GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Bonanza ClaimChromium, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, PlatinumPast Producer1941, 1942
Cleopatra-Taylor CreekNickel, Cobalt, ChromiumOccurrence
KeystoneCopper, IronPast ProducerCopper
Ni-CalNickel, Chromium, Cobalt, PGEProspect
Smith RiverCobalt, Nickel, ChromiumOccurrenceSoil
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, PalladiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Palladium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Cleopatra Nickel DepositNickel, Iron, Cobalt, ChromiumOccurrence1975

Every working recorded in Del Norte County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gasquet9.4 miles21
Patrick Creek9.6 miles22
Adams Station9.7 miles21
Darlingtonia10.0 miles21
Lawyers Bar (historical)10.3 miles21
Smith River10.5 miles18
French Hill10.8 miles21
Idlewild11.6 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q7355414The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682281. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.